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BERKSHIRE SOCIETY, 



For the best acre of potatoes — 



1. D. A. Bulldey, of Williamstown, . 



2. Edson Sexton, of Stockbridge, 



3. Leonard Tuttle, of Sheffield, 



4. Eli Bradley, of Lee, 

 For the best one-fourth acre of carrots — 



1. Mark Laird, of Great Barrington, . 



2. Benjamin Hull, of Stockbridge, 

 8. E. Joyner, of Egremont, 



For the best piece of turnips — 



1. R. Colt, of Pittsfield, . 



2. William Williams, of Stockbridge, 

 This crop grew where Canada thisth 



reigned predominant twenty-five years 



3. D. Kendall, of Lenox, . 



4. Charles Thatcher, of Lee, 

 For the best grafted apple orchard of not less than 



fifty trees, planted since October 1st, 1849, that has 

 not taken a premium — 



1. C, Carter, of Stockbridge, . . . . 



2. Orin Cm-tis, of Sheffield, . . . . 



3. Justus Tower, of Lanesborough, . 



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 6 00 

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All Vv^hich is respectfully submitted, 



Henry Smith, Chainnan. 



Accompanying the entry of winter Avheat, for which the first 

 premium was given, was the following statement : — 



Julin L. Cooper'' s Statement. 



Soil, a fair mixture of clay and loam ; mowed the year pre- 

 vious, yielding 1|- ton of hay per acre. Ploughed only once, 

 six inches deep ; sowed the first week in September, one and 

 a half bushels of Soule's wheat. Seed sown without any 

 preparation. 



On spring wheat, the first premium was given to W. Rich- 

 ards, of Lenox, for a piece of Italian wheat. On a gravelly 

 soil, which last year was manured with 20 loads of barnyard 

 manure to the acre, spread on and ploughed in five inches deep, 



